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Thepetition of the day is:

17-912

Issue:Whether, when the Supreme Court held inGraham v. Floridathat [t]he Constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide, states can bypass that rule by sentencing a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide to a term-of-years sentence under which he will die in prison, because he will not be eligible for parole until he is 112 years old.

Cases: Bostic v. Dunbar

Recommended Citation: Aurora Barnes, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Feb. 20, 2018, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/02/petition-of-the-day-1326/